Items

• New York Terminus, N.Y., W.S. and B.R.

  This undated clipping shows a diagram of the layout of the railroad terminal of the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad at Weehawken.
• Photo of Erie Railroad Weehawken Terminal - 1956

  Tom Flagg, who provided this image and associated information writes: This is a photo of the Erie Railroad's Weehawken waterfront terminal, facing east, dated 10-19-1956. It is from the Port of New York Authority's Public Relations files (as the stamp in the sky reveals). The piled boxes are crated export machinery awaiting the call to be transferred to barges, which will then deliver them to ships anywhere in the Port.
• Engraving - Above the Yards, Weehawken

  Engraving by Martin Lewis, circa 1918. Only 15 copies of this engraving were made. The original is approximately 17 by 23 inches in size and is currently being offered for sale by The Old Print Shop in NYC (www.oldprintshop.com) for $15,000.
• Weehawken Terminal - 1947

  A black and white photo of the Weehawken railroad terminal in 1947 with a great locomotive juxtaposed with the NYC skyline. Another find from Bernie Zempolich.
• Weehawken Terminal - 1940s

  Black and White photo of the Weehawken rail yards and the New York skyline, probably taken in the 1940s. Another find by Bernie Zempolich.
• The Erie Railroad's Waterfront Operations - Weehawken

  A railfan's recollections of the Weehawken railyards in the 1950s.
• History of the North Hudson County Railway : from its earliest days to the present

  Digitized version of this book about the North Hudson County Railway, which served Weehawken and was started by Weehawken resident John H. Bonn.
• Viaduct, Weehawken, NJ

  Black and white photo postcard showing a viaduct over the rail yards in Weehawken. Postmarked September 25, 1908 from Hoboken. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ. Printed in Germany.
• Erie Builds New Type Pier at Weehawken, NJ

  Article from the March 31, 1923 issue of Railway News about the new pier built on the Weehawken waterfront using pre-cast concrete, extra large timbers, and sheet zinc to create an "interesting fireproof structure."
• Stationery from North Hudson County Railway

  Assorted documents from the North Hudson County Railway
• Picnic - N Hudson County Railway

  Ticket to the fifth annual picnic and summernight's festival of the North Hudson County Railway's Employee Mutual Aid Society, to be held at H. Kroebel's Bellvue Park (Franklin Street and Ogden Avenue, Jersey City) on Tuesday, June 18, 1889. Dancing to commence at 7 PM - admission 25 cents a person.
• Bond - West Shore Railroad Company

  This bond for $1000 was issued in 1950 and was to be payable on January 1, 2361. Unfortunately, the West Shore Railroad Company is no more.
• Railway Age Gazette - West Shore Weehawken Ventilation Tunnel

  This article from the August 9, 1912 issue of the Railway Age Gazette describes the ventilation system in place in the Weehawken railway tunnel.
• Piece of Rail - Weehawken Tunnel

  According to markings on this piece of rail, it was recycled in 1932 ('relayer rail' refers to rail that is pulled up and re-used), laid in the Weehawken Tunnel (today's HBLRT tunnel under the Palisades) in April 1939 and removed from that tunnel in November, 1942.
• The Old Railroad Cut, Weehawken, N.J.

  Black and white photo postcard showing a dapper gentleman posing on the west side of the old railroad cut that brought the North Hudson Railway Company trains through the Palisades from a trestle that attached to a giant passenger elevator on the banks of the Hudson. Looking east towards the river, the homes at left are on the south side of Clifton Terrace. The railroad only lasted a few years, partially due to inexpensive and convenient trolley service from the West Shore Ferry terminal up Clifton Road, introduced in 1895. Postmarked September 22, 1909 from Albany, NY. Weehawken Post Card Co., Union Hill NJ. Made in Germany.
• Program - Annual Ball - Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

  This is the program from the Annual Ball of the Weehawken Lodge (No. 491) of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, held at the Union City Recreation on Saturday, February 15th, 1936. Music was provided by Al Horning's Rhythm Kings. Weehawken businesses mentioned in the document: West Shore Terminal RestaurantMac's Terminal CabsM Bayer, High Grade Bakery, 764 Park AvenueHarry M. Schacter Mens Wear - West Shore Ferry TerminalRailroad Dairy Products Inc. - West Shore Ferry TerminalTerminal Dining Car - West Shore TerminalClifford Mehrhof - Insurance of all kinds - West Shore Terminal  
• Dismantling of the North Hudson County RR Viaduct

  This photo was found on the back of the business stationery of Henry A. Hitner's Sons of Philadelphia, PA, shown as an example of the company's prowess at dismantling large structures. Caption: Viaduct of the North Hudson County Railroad Co. at Weehawken, N.J. 1000 feet long, 175 feet high. Total weight about 5,000,000 pounds Dismantled by Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Wreckers and dismantlers of bridges, viaducts, steamships, and all sorts of iron structures.
• Roundhouse at Weehawken, NJ - WSRR - 1936

  Black and white photograph of the West Shore railroad roundhouse at Weehawken, dated 1936.
• A Century of Progress of the New York Central Lines

  Promotional brochure from 1933, celebrating the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route between New York and Chicago, passing through Weehawken. The brochure includes a system map as well as photographs of locomotives and train stations.
• Men and Iron - The West Shore Railroad

  This is a chapter which appears to be from the book Men and Iron published circa 1938 by Thmas Y. Crowell Company of New York. The book is a history of the railroads which combined to form the New York Central. This chapter (22 p.) deals with the history of the the West Shore Railroad, which had its terminus in Weehawken.  
• Pinback Button - Weehawken Railway Union - 1928

  This is a union pin from the railroad union which was active in Weehawken in 1928.
• Photograph: Export Cars, Weehawken - Hoboken

  Black and white photo (1940s-1950s) looking down on the rail yards from the Palisades, showing a group of automobiles being loaded for export from the terminal at Weehawken.
• Caboose First Day Cover

  This commemorative envelope, postmarked 1984 shows a railroad caboose which was used on the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad in Weehawken. Postmarked February 3, 1984 from Rosemont, IL
• Employee Parking Pass - NY Central RR

  This wood framed pass allowed an employee to park at the NYCRR facilities in Weehawken. It is numbered 595.
• Weehawken - Tidewater Terminals of the Erie Lackawanna

  These pages from Tidewater Terminals of the Erie Lackawanna Railway (by William H Sheppard - 1976) describe and map the Erie's railroad tracks here in Weehawken.